But that night, when he was getting ready for bed, instead of just throwing off his outer clothes in seconds and disappearing under the covers, Paul was padding back and forth in his boxers, meticulously hanging up his shirt and folding his jeans. XXX I was almost frozen myself, in a state of shock at my own audacity. “Paul, I want you to agree that, any time you hear me say the phrase ‘trance time for you’, you’ll instantly return to this deeply hypnotized, totally obedient state, even deeper than you are now. Baby steps. My previous contentment had nothing to do with sex, since Gerry had been totally straight and not at all physically my type; but he was smart, funny, neat, and tolerant, and, in short, perfect to live with. “Know how to hypnotize myself? I’m gonna tank that test totally!”
I looked up from my own reading and said coolly, “Too bad you aren’t
